Books like The Sirens of Titan
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. Deep and open-ended; a moderate read.
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Ubik
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction
In 1992, Glen Runciter runs a corporate security agency that employs inertials to neutralize the telepathic powers of industrial spies.
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Time Enough For Love
philosophy, entertainment
Lazarus Long, a man over two thousand years old, concludes his era of space travel and genetic survival by seeking a permanent death.
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Galápagos
Also deep · science fiction, experimental
Set one million years in the future, the ghost of Leon Trout narrates the regression of the human race.
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The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction
A fugitive on a remote, deserted island discovers he is not alone, but rather surrounded by a group of people who seem to be caught in a perpetual, unchangeable loop of their past.
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Roadside Picnic
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
The narrative follows Redrick Schuhart, a professional stalker who illegally ventures into the Zone, one of several locations on Earth littered with mysterious debris following a brief extraterrestrial visit.
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Oryx and Crake
Also deep · science fiction, experimental
Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.
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7
1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, experimental
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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Skinny Legs and All
by Tom Robbins
Also deep and open-ended · entertainment, experimental
Ellen Cherry Charles, a talented aspiring painter, works as a waitress in Manhattan while her husband, Boomer Petway, achieves accidental fame by turning a metal turkey into a celebrated piece of outsider art.
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Frankissstein
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction
The narrative follows two parallel timelines.
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10
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
entertainment, science fiction
Wilbur Swain, last president of the United States, is writing his memoirs from the ruins of Manhattan, now called the Island of Death.
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Watchmen
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction
Set in an alternate 1985 where costumed vigilantes are real and Richard Nixon remains President, the narrative begins with the murder of Edward Blake, known as the Comedian.
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Einstein’s Dreams
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, science fiction
Set in Bern, Switzerland, in 1905, this novel presents a series of thirty fictional dreams experienced by a young Albert Einstein while he works as a patent clerk.
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